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Willow, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It stands on Pruitt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neel Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Willow within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Willow (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,860 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 39 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning198
Arson/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Willow (historical): 13 past producers, 8 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Iron, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect
AtkinsonGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A
Blake (Sprague)GoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A
Cavender Creek ProspectGoldProspect
Cavender's CreekGoldPast ProducerVein
Cora Lee MineGoldProspectVein
Cora Lee ProspectGoldProspect
EtriesGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A
GarnetGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Lumpkin County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gates (historical)1.2 miles24
Turners Corner2.3 miles24
Porter Springs2.3 miles24
Walnut (historical)3.0 miles24
Fort Smith3.6 miles24
Stay (historical)4.7 miles18
Tube (historical)5.3 miles18
Wild (historical)5.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357224. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.